Removable fur trimming for boots



Jan. 10, 1956 w. M. HAASE REMOVABLE FUR TR IMMING FOR BOOTS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 17, 1953 IN VEN TOR. WARREN M. HAAsE Jan. 10, 1956 w. M. HAASE 2,729,399

REMOVABLE FUR TRIMMING FOR BOOTS Filed Aug. 17, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ffl fig/Z7.

INVENTOR. WARREN M. HAAE hose, when the cuff is not being United States Patent REMOVABLE FUR 'IRIMMING FOR BOOTS Warren M. Haase, Jersey City, N. J. Application August 17, 1953, Serial No. 374,596

1 Claim. (Cl. 36-7.1)

This invention relates to boots, overshoes, and like footwear and, more specifically, has reference to a removable cuif or trim piece for boots which can 'be fashioned from fur or other ornamental and attractive material and which will, when worn, improve substantially the appearance of primarily utilitarian articles of this type.

Removable cuffs for overshoes are not new per se. However, heretofore the cufis have in many instances been bulky, uncomfortable, or of a nature that causes them to lose their shape. Further, the removable nature of the cuffs has too often been too readily apparent to the casual viewer, so as to cause the cuffs to seem to be makeshift attachments. Still further, in previously designed articles of this nature, there has been the undesirable feature wherein the fastening elements used to connect the cuff detachably to the boot proper have formed projections that have made wearing of the boot uncomfortable, and that have additionally caused damage to worn.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a generally improved cuif of the character referred to, that will be so designed as to have none of the disadvantages that have characterized articles of this nature pre: viously conceived.

Another important object is to provide a removable fur cuif or trim piece the ends of which will have pocket-like means receiving the corner portions of the boot upper, at opposite ends of the top edge of the boot, thus to increase the atractiveness of the article, provide aligning means for properly locating the cuff on nary to connection of the cufi and boot fastening elements, and assist in shaping the cuff to an inverted U-shaped cross section, thereby to fit the same snugly to the top edge portion of the boot.

Yet another object is to provide means which will provide a positive preventive so far as discomfort and hose.

damage is concerned, when the culf is not being worn, in

the form of a flap-like tab element of flexible characteris-.

tics, normally overlying each fastening element of the boot and adapted to be folded transversely upon itself to expose the fastening element when the end is to be secured thereto.

Yet another object is to provide a culf including a the boot prelimi fabric body having a stiffener means incorporated therein, which body will be adapted to lie snugly against the inner surface of the top edge portion of the boot, in a manner that will furtherserve to hold the cuif attachment in proper position relative to the boot.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a boot fitted with a cuff formed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cuff per se.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the top edge portion of the boot with the cuff removed.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the cuff, a boot to which the cuff is attached being shown fragmentarily and in section.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary elevational view showing one end of the cuff opened, looking at the face thereof that contacts the internal face of the boot.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a modification in the form of a tab element connectable to the boot.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 6, the dotted lines showing a position to which the tab element can be swung when the cuff is to be attached to the boot.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary front perspective view of a boot showing the cuff attached to the boot by means of a slide fastener.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing another modi- The reference numeral 10 has been applied generally in the drawings to designate a conventional boot to which the cuff, designated generally at 12, can be attached.

As best shown in Fig. 3, a plurality of male fastening elements of the gripper type is used, the fastening elements being designated at 14 and being spaced about the inner surface of the top edge portion of the boot. The several elements 14 are identical to one another, and are male elements that project inwardly of the boot. Preferably, and as shown in the drawings, three such elements are employed, these being so secured to the boot as to cause one of the elements to be located midway between the opposite ends of the top edge portion of the boot, that is, at the back of the boot, and the other two elements to be disposed at the opposite endsof said top edge portion.

The cuff 12 is provided with female elements 16 corresponding in number and location to the male elements 14 of the boot, thus to align the male and female elements when the mi attachment is to be .detachably connected to the boot.

The particular formation of the cuff is of importance and has been shown to advantage in Figs. 4 and 5. As will be noted from these figures of the drawing, the cuff includes a flexible, elongated body constant in width from end to end thereof, said body including a fabric covering 18 which is folded along a line extending longitudinally and centrally thereof so as to enclose a stiffener member 20 of buckram or the like extending along the entire length of the folded fabric element 18. Stitching 22 is applied to the folded element 13, extending along the registered top edges thereof, and extending in parallelism with the line of stitching 22 is a second line of stitching 24, extending longitudinally of the folded fabric element along the fold line thereof, both the stitching 22 and the stitching 24 being extended for the full length of the body. Stitching 26 is also applied to the folded element 18, extending transversely thereof at each of its extremities, thus to effectively enclose the stiffener member 20 therein.

The line of stitching 22 not only serves to cooperate with the other lines of stitching in holding the stiffener member 20 in place, but also serves to connect to the top edge of the fabric covering 18 one longitudinal edge of a trim member 28. in the illustrated embodiment of the invention, said trim member is a piece of for, but it will be understood that the trim member could be some other material found suitable as a covering for the top portion of the boot, and found to have the desired characteristics of attractive appearance and resistance to deterioration.

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In any event, the trim member 28 is stitched for substantially its full length, along its inner longitudinal edge, to the folded flexible body, and is then folded along a line extending longitudinally and atom: side of the'cen ter linethereof, into the cross-sectional configuration of an inverted U. This causes the'outer edge portion of the trim member to depend over the outer surface of the top edge portion of the boot, in a position in which it conceals said top edge portion effectively.

It is of importance to note that at each of its ends, the trim member is formed with a triangular extension 39 (Fig. 5), at each end of the trim member, which extension will fit snugly over the associated end of the top edge portion of the boot upper. Along its inner edge, thetriangular extension. is secured to the adjacent end edge of the folded fabric element 18, by the end line of stitching 26.

The arrangement is of particular value, in that it increases the attractiveness of the cuff. Still further, and of considerable importance, there is the feature wherein the extended corners at the ends of the cuff are carried around to match the curvature of the top of the boot and thus serve to aid in fitting the cuff onto the boot upper in position to cause the male and female elements of the cuff and boot to be aligned preliminary to connecting the same together.

In Figs. 6 and 7, there is shown a tab element 34 of leather or other flexible material having the requisite thickness. This is secured to the inner surface of the boot by stitching 36, and as will be noted from Fig. 6, one of these elements is located adjacent each male element 14 of the boot. As a result, and with the tab elementsecured to the boot at one end only of said tab element,-the tab element will have. its free end portion normally positioned to overlie the adjacent male fastener ele- .ment 14, thereby to protectively cover said element 14.

Asa result, when the cuff attachment is not being worn, the male elements 14 will not project inwardly against ones leg in a manner to cause discomfort or damage to ones hose.

Normally, the tab elements 34 would lie in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 7. However, when the cuff is to be worn, the elements can be folded back along a line. extending transversely thereof intermediate their ends, as shown by the dot-dash lines, thus to expose the male fastener elements for application of the cuff thereto.

In Fig. 8, there is shown a construction wherein the cuff 12 is secured detachably to the boot by means of a slide fastener. In this form of the invention, the separable fastening elements 14, 16 are not used. Instead, to the bottom edge of the flexible, elongated body of the cuff'there is stitched or otherwise attached a slide fastener element, with the other, cooperating element being attached to the inner surface of the boot. The element attached to the boot has been designated at 38, and extends through substantially the full width of the inner surface of the upper portion of the boot, being attached to said upper portion by a line of stitching 40. The element 38 is in the form of a strip of fabric having the requisite strength and durability, and carried by said fabric strip are fastener teeth 42.

The element attached to the cuff has been designated by the reference numeral 44 and is also formed as an elongated, flexible strip secured by stitching 46 to the lower longitudinal edge of the cuff body. Teeth 48 on the strip are adapted to interlock with the teeth 42 when a slide 50 is shifted from end to end of the strips in the usual manner. It is to be understood, in this connection, that the slide fastener would be of a type that would permit the flexible strips to be separated completely, thus to permit the cuff to be removed in its entirety whenever desired;

In Fig. 9, there is shown a modification in which the boot and cuff are formed as previously described herein, with the exception that the body 52 of the cuff might, as shown in Fig. 9, be formed from a soft piece of leather or like material. This variation is shown merely by way of illustration, to make clear that the body might be of one-piece formation, rather than formed in the manner shown in Fig. 4.

The showing of Fig. 9, however, is directed mainly to an illustration of another modification in a connector means. In this form of the invention, there is an opening 54 in the cuff body 52, at each location at which a fastener element 16 is shown in the first form of the invention. Extending through openings 54 are threaded screws 56, threadedly engaged in posts 58 having axial, threaded recesses opening upon the inner surface of the boot. The posts 58 are secured to the boot in any suitable manner. Alternatively, the posts 58 as well as their associated screws 56 might be loose in their openings, so as to be extended through the openings only at such time as the cuff is to be attached to theboot.

Also, it is believed that possibly the posts and screws might be reversed, with the posts carried by the cuff and the screws carried by the boot. This is thought to be sufficiently obvious as not to require special illustration herein.

In Fig. 10, the cuff is shown connected to the boot by a faster element 60 extending through the registering openings of the cuff body and boot. Element 60 is a fastener of the type that includes a head which may be faced to the outside of the boot, and normally contacting arms that can be bent outwardly to egage against 7 the inner surface of the cuff body after being extended herein disclosed and the right isreserved to all changesand modifications coming within the scope of the inventionas defined in the appendedclaim.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: a

A combined boot and cuff comprising a boot, a cuff having a flexible body extendedalong the inner top edgeportion of the boot, a trim member longitudinally extending along the, length of the flexible body and embracing said top edge, said body comprising a fabric covering folded in the form of a pocket and including a stiffener material therein, means securing said fabric covering and trim member together, and fastening means on said fabriccovering engaged with means on the boot to secure the cuff thereon, said trim member being folded in a line extending longitudinally of the flexible body and including a triangular extension at each end thereof fitting snugly over the adjacent end of the top edge-of the boot.

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